In the ATDA’s continuing effort to advocate for its members, President Dowell recently met with Federal Railroad Administration Administrator… Read More »President Dowell and FRA Administrator Bose Discuss Rail Safety
6-Term ATDA President Leo McCann, who first took the office in 1999, announced his retirement at the Organization’s recent… Read More »ATDA bids farewell to outgoing President Leo McCann
The American Train Dispatchers Association is proud to announce that the Delegates of the 34th General Assembly elected Ed Dowell… Read More »ATDA Elects New President and Other National Officers
The position of the American Train Dispatchers Association in particular, and Rail Labor in general, is that therequirements of these… Read More »Rail Labor Comments on CP Extraterritorial Dispatching Waiver
The BRC is looking to hire a Train Dispatcher. See the job description. If interested, submit a resume to ckerney@beltrailway.com.… Read More »Now Hiring! Belt Railway Company of Chicago
Washington, D.C. – The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO today released the following statement on behalf of rail unions… Read More »RAIL LABOR WILL NOT REST UNTIL THE FREIGHT RAIL INDUSTRY IS FIXED AND RAIL WORKERS ARE TREATED FAIRLY
It is with great sadness that we must inform our members and fellow colleagues in the rail industry that Vice… Read More »Vice President Rory Broyles has lost his battle with ALS
Tuesday October 4, 2022, The American Train Dispatchers Association’s members on Belt Railway of Chicago, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Conrail,… Read More »ATDA MEMBERS RATIFY NATIONAL MEDIATION AGREEMENT
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After almost three (3) years of long, contentious, and unproductive negotiations with the railroads, the ATDA reached a tentative National… Read More »ATDA REACHES TENTATIVE NATIONAL AGREEMENT
ATDA members covered under the National Agreement were issued ballots to vote for or against a strike if a settlement… Read More »ATDA Members Overwhelmingly Vote To Strike
Today, July 24, 2022, the United Rail Unions, who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the… Read More »United Rail Unions Release Statement Upon Convening PEB 250
Washington, D.C. – On July 15, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. established Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) No. 250, effective… Read More »MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PEB NO. 250
WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement in response to… Read More »RAIL LABOR WELCOMES BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF EMERGENCY BOARD
The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART… Read More »The United Rail Unions issue the following statement July 15, 2022
In accordance with the provisions of Section 10, after the creation of such Board and for thirty (30) days after… Read More »Notice of Presidential Emergency Board No. 250
Disputes exist between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and their… Read More »Executive Order on Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
Dear Chairman Oberman, Vice-Chairman Primus, Board Member Fuchs, Board Member Schultz, and Board Member Hedlund: On behalf of the Transportation… Read More »TTD President Greg Regan, on behalf rail labor and its 105,000 rail workers, sent the following letter to the Surface Transportation Board
Washington, D.C. – The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that Ms. Linda A. Puchala has been named… Read More »Puchala Assumes NMB Chairmanship
The united Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: Following the conclusion of our third week of… Read More »The united Rail Unions issue statement June 15, 2022